The hallowed halls of academia may have filled with a dizzying array of counter-culture fashion since the 1960s, but like its fellow fashion statement the corduroy jacket, the academic beard continues to hold fast to the faces of many an academic.

Alexander Egan, Graduate Student, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota.

My interests in entomology include population ecology,
geographic range, and use of indicator species for resource protection
or remediation efforts. I am currently working to identify invertebrate
communities utilizing coastal rock pools at several national parks of
Lake Superior, recognize rare or alpine-arctic disjunct invertebrate
taxa, and assist the parks in long term management strategies for
protecting coastal habitats. Because international shipping lanes pass
near or through the parks, an important use of these data will be for
geographic triage during spill response, and shoreline habitat
restoration in the event of oil or fuel spills.